Tâmahh — H8539

Definition

verb

to be in consternation

1. to be astounded, be stunned, be amazed, be dumbfounded
1. (Qal) to be astounded
2. (Hithpael) to astonish yourself, be astounded, be astonished at one another

Usually translated as

wonder, be amazed, be astonished, marvel, marvellously

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• exístēmi (G1839)
• thaumázō (G2296)
• thaumásios (G2297)

Occurrences

Tâmahh occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Habakkuk (1)

• Job 26:11 — The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished (וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ) at his reproof.
• Psalms 48:5 — They saw it, and so they (תָּמָ֑הוּ) marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel (תִּתְמַ֖הּ) not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
• Isaiah 13:8 — And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed (יִתְמָ֔הוּ) one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
• Isaiah 29:9 — Stay yourselves, and wonder (וּתְמָ֔הוּ); cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
• Jeremiah 4:9 — And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder (יִתְמָֽהוּ).
• Habakkuk 1:5 — Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and (תְּמָ֑הוּ) wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
• Habakkuk 1:5 — Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and (וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ) wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.